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flj* 1$ijtjUuV Kwontan trice 6 Cent* Wt UtV-NO. ? FKAWKUN, N. C? THPMPAT, AUGUST 3. 1W TEN Pi 47TH BAPTIST MEETING SET FOR AUG. 10-11 Association WUl Hold Two-Day Session At Sugatrforlc The forty-seventh annual ses sion of the Macon County Bap tist association will be held _ August 10 and 11 at the Sugar - fork Baptist church, J. H Stock ton, moderator of the associa tion, has announced. The program on the opening day of the meeting will include addresses by it. A. Huggins, general secretary of the Baptist 8tate convention, W. C. Reed, general superintendent of the Baptist orphanage in Thomas ville, and Dr. W. K. McOee, chaplain at the Baptist hospital In Winston-Salem. On the second day a talk on Christian education will be made by Clande Oaddy, of Wake Forest, and the Rev. J. C. Canlpe, of FMtvllle, will speak en missions and evangel Ism. At 11:30 a. m. on Thursday the Rev. O. A. Cloer will de liver the doctrinal sermon, on Friday at 11:U a. m. a mis sionary sermon will be given by the Rev. N. E. Holden. Also Included In the two-day affair will be reports en: Orph anages, by Cecil Crawford; Christian literature, by Fred Corbto; ministerial relief, by the Rev.- Paul C. Mi; finance, by J. H. Brookshlre; B. T. U? by B. R. White; Christian ed ucatton, by Mrs. Vernon Hig don; temperance, by the Rev. Clint Sawyer; missions and evangelism, by Mrs. Cecil Craw ford; W. M. U? by Mrs. W. N. Cook; Sunday schools, by the Rev. Paul Swafford; tithing, by the Rev. W. L. Sorrells; stew ardship and enlistment, by the Rev. O. A. Cloer; American Bible society, by Mrs. Gladys Klnsland; and stats Of churches, by the Rev. J. I. Vinson. Officers for the coming year will be elected. Somebody Musk Hm Planted ibis Onion Upside Down Old Mather Nature has blown iiwttw (m er era? ed some wires, for this week, la stead of Slaw? n Twin cutui beta or yotatQ? growing la Uf cam. The fr? ha* en display a topsy-tarry onion plaat, with onions rro wine out of the top instead of the bottom. The freak was krowcht to the effiee by John Cunning ham, the poatoiastor at Frea tiNL Do You DaimaimIiav Rememocr ? ? ? ?| mt Tka M TEAM AGO THU WEEK Buy your chewing tobacco from Prank T. Smith, druggUt. ?Adv. NOTICE? All persons are here by given notice not to deposit the dead carcass of any horse, cow, or any other animal on the old "Camp Oround". J. Johns ton and W. A. Curtis. Uncle Wm. McKee, he makes good cider. Hands are at work grading Lyle street, north of the Meth odist cemetery. SS TEABS AGO We are glad to note that our streets are undergoing a thor ough working.? Highlands Item. Onfc-gallon glass Jugs, the very thing for vinegar and mo lasses, at Franklin Pharmacy. ?Adv. Mrs. R. W. Shields and little daughter, Martha, returned Thursday from Atlanta, where they have been visiting relatives. 1* TEAM AGO Miss Mary Willis, prominent Garden club member, won the sweepstakes prise at the annual county-wide flower show here last Saturday. No trace of the two prison ers who sawed their way out of the Saturday night had been found Thursday. The break was discovered Monday morn ing when an attendant took breakfMt to the MIL Labor Costs Going Up Even In Africa, Shive, Missionary Points Out Even Darkest Africa hasn't been by-pmssed by the increase in labor costs, according to Alexander M. Shire, an indus trial builder who has Just re turned from the Belgians Congo, and i? making a short visit in Franklin. Mr. Shive and his wife, the former Miss Belle Setser, daugh ter of the late C. A. Setser, of Franklin, are on leave of ab sence from the American Pres byterian Congo Mission, where they have been since 1932, ex cept for leaves. The Industrial builder said that native carpenters and ma sons in that region have pre viously been making from $8 to $10 a month, but that costs of both materials and labor are raising. Mr. Sbtve, who has construct ed more than M missions^ resi dence houses, and churches in Africa, said that "white ants" are the biggest nuisance in building, since the Insects con sider wood one of their favor ite meals. "Most of our buildings," he declared, "are made of brick and cement, with as little wood In them as possible." The missions and missionaries have penetrated to the very center of Africa and have met with little opposition from the natives, said Mr. Shlve. "The natives want to learn," he said, "and the missions en deavor to give them an educa tion, medical attention, and teaching of the gospel." The missions, which now in clude five main centers and four smaller ones, are almost entirely self-sufficient, to the extent ot having their own printing presses, which are used to print hymnals, school books, and a monthly newspaper . . . all In Tshlluba language, which Is the tongue spoken by the Congo natives. The native* live In small mud and stick thatch huts ranging in sixe from #' x V to 8' by 8', with no windows and only a small opening for a door. Tht whole family Uves In the hut, regardless of the number in the family. "If they own any chickens or goats, then they live In the hut, too," declared Mr- Shlve. fie pointed -nut that native Congo dogs are very unusual Continued On rage 8i*? Still Awaking Word On Draft In This County No I artbcr instructions with reference to Mm draft in Ma eon CiHtr had keen receiv ed here yesterday. Wednssdsy ef last week, in n?l ins ? to a leaf distant* tslsphsn s call from Raleigh, the assise ef three persons m? ss sails il for appoint* M4 to the draft beard here wen ssnt to siliiflw service hsadaoarteta la BaMfh, but none sf the three yesterday had^ rewrtTOd^hfr twill by Conrt Clerk J. CUn-' ton Hrsnfcshlrs, isiwibIiiI W. V. Stout, William Katon brink, and E. G. Crawford. / At the same time, a bid for fnrnlahlnc office space for the board and a rerowimsndatlon for clerk wen forwarded to selective ssivln headqaariers for approval. Discuss Plans For Possible Civil Defense A group of leader* of the local posts of the Veterans of foreign Wars and the American Legion held a conference Tues day night to discuss civil de fense problems. The group decided to go be fore the board of county com missioners and the Franklin board of alderman at their meetings Monday to offer the services of the two organisa tions, and the servlees of mem bers of the group as citterns, in case of need. ?mphaslxhig that there Is no cause for alarm, members of the group pointed out that "it could happen here", and that it Is better to prepare for some thing that never happens than to have it happen and be un prepared. It also was stressed that those attending the con ference were acting primarily as citizens. If and when the need arises for setting up a civil defense organisation, it probably will be handled by the government, it was said, but If preliminary plans have been made, it will make the setting up of an or ganisation easier and quicker. At present. It Is felt, the ma jor need Is a survey to determ ine what Is available here that may be of service to the nation, In case it should be needed. Methodiafs To Show Mori* Sunday Night ______ An unusual motion picture will be shown at the Franklin Methodist church at 8 o'clock Sunday night, it has been an nounced by the pastor, the Rev. C. B. Murray. The film, entitled "Salt of the Marth", is a story of evangelism and stewardship, and deals with the problem of making Christianity count in tb* modern world, Mr. Murray said. FLOWER SHOW SET FOR AUG. 12 Event, Open To All Maconl Grower*, To Be Held Ai Agricultural Building The annual flower show spon sored by the Franklin Garden club will be held at the Agri cultural building here Satur day of next week, it was an nounced this week. The show wttl be open to the puMle from s p. m. to iq p. m. Any person in the county may compete in the event, and Oar* den club officials said it is hop ed there will be entries from communities throughout Macon County. The exhibits must be in by 10 a. dl the day of the show August 12. Mrs. T. W. Angel, Jr., Is In charge. Each exhibit. It was explain ed, must be classified and en tered before being staged; must be marked by card or tags bearing the class number and the name of the exhibitor; and must be ready for judging by noon of the day of the show. No exhibitor will be permit ted in the hall while judging Is in progress, and exhibits may not be removed before the show closes. Classifications were announc ed as follows: Dahlias? largest and finest of one variety; dahliah, biggest display of mixed varieties; zin nias ? large; zinnias ? small; roses; yellow flowers; two or three color arrangements; glad loll ? mixed; gladioli ? one color; snapdragons; marigolds; mod ern arrangement; arrangement of fruits and vegetables; ar rangement tor coffee table; breakfast trays; shadow boxes; dish gardens; grandmother's flower arrangement; mixed flowers; corsages; wild flowers; potted plants; African violets; tuberous begonias; and artistic arrangement. In the artistic arrangement, unlike the rule in the other classifications. It Is not required that the materials used be grown by the exhibitor. Methodist Superintendent To Hold 3 Conferences Here Dr. C. N. Clark, superinten dent o f the Waynesville Metho dist district, will conduct quart erly conferences for three charges in this county Sunday. These will be the fourth and final conferences of this church year. Dr. Clark will hold the con ference for the Franklin and Carson Chapel churches at Franklin at 11 a. m.; at 2 p. m. he will hold the West Macon circuit conference at Mount Zlon church; and at 1:30 o'clock he will be at Bethel church to conduct the conference for the churehM on the Franklin cir cuit. BOARD TO LET CONTRACTS FOR FOUR SCHOOLS School Opening Date Likely To Be Set For Sept. 7 The county board of educa tion is expected to let the con tracts for construction of four Macon County schools and set September 7 as the opening date lor the schools here, at its meeting Monday, The board, at a meeting earlier thl* month, accepted accepted bids for construction of the Franklin high, East Frankltn elementary, and High lands and Nantahala schools, but did so subject to modifica tion of the plans. The bids submitted totaled $629,959, or approximately $30, 000 more than was allotted for those four schools, and the architect's fee of six per cent -would havg made the total eyen more out of line with original estimates. Since that time, however, Supt. G. L. Houk said this week, modifications have been made in the plans which will bring the total to be spent for these four schools, including the arch itect's fee, within approximately flye per cent of the $599,160 set a?ide tor these schools. Tfre re ductions In the cost, Mr. Houk ?ald, have been obtained with out mrfjor changes in plans, or elimination of any classrooms. The modified plans will be submitted to the board for ap proval Monday. The opening date for this county's schools previously was tentatively set for Thursday, August 31, but Mr. Houk point ed out that 11 of the county's teachers are attending summer school, and wilt not complete their examinations in time to report for work here August 31. Accordingly, he said, he Will recommend to the board that the schools open one week later, on September T The county this year will op erate 19 schools, one less than laat year. The one-teacher Mountain Grove school will be consolidat ed with Cullasaja school, if the State Highway commission fin ishes the graveling of the Moun tain Grove road in time. The Mountain Grove teacher, Mrs. Georgia Young, will be added to the Cullasaja faculty, Mr. Houk explained. Rickman Family To Hold Annual Reunion Sunday The annual Rickman reunion will be held Sunday at the home of Roland R. Rickman in the West's Mill community. A pro gram is being planned, and all relatives apd friends were in vited to come and bring basket lunch, it was said. Tom Rick man, of West's Mill, is president, and Clarence Rickman, of Can ton, secretary of the Rickman family organization. MRS. CRAWFORD ILL The condition of Mrs. Mysa Crawford, widely known Macon County woman, was reported as critical at Angel hospital yes terday. i IN "WAR PAINT ? Charles Browning is shown above In the costume in which he plays the role of "White Path" firey Geor gia Cherokee Indian, in the pageant, Unto These Hill,". Mr. Browning, son of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Browning, of the Co wee community, appears in two scenes hi the drama, and also takes part In ths square danc $S :7 Raised For Band Uniforms; Measuring Members For Suits The fund for uniforming the Franklin school band yesterday stood at $597, or more than one fourth of the amount It Is estl- : mated will be required. The Franklin Rotary club Is sponsoring the campaign to raise the fund by public sub scription. Meanwhile, a representative of a Miami; F!?-, firm arrived here yesterday to measure mem. ijers pf the hand for uniforms. The Rotary committor, after consultation with Band Direc tor Sammy Beck and other school authorities, has chosen a uniform of scarlet serge. The uniform will be a three-piece suit ? Elsenhower Jacket, over seas cap, and tiousers, lor both boys and girls. Contrasting with the scarlet will be white stripes down the outer sides of the trousers. This uniform will cost about $40. The total required for 50 uniforms, therefore, will be about $8,000, or considerably leas than It had originally been esti mated would be necessary. The $597 raised to date came from 31 contributors. Of the 31, seven gave $40 ? the equivalent of one uniform ? or more. The other donations ranged from $1 to $23. Members of the Rotary com mittee in charge of the project .are 8. W. Mendenhall, chair - | man, Russell E. McKelvey, Hen ry W. Cabe, and Weimar Jones, treasurer. Persons wishing to donate to the fund may take or mall their contributions to The Franklin Press. Checks should be made payable to Ro tary Club Band Pund. Those who have donated to date are; Alvin Magnon, of Tampa, Fla., and Franklin, E. W. Renshaw, John W. Edwards, Russell E. McKelvey, Roy Oeoghegan, John M. Archer, Jr., Franklin Hard ware company, Arthur I. Rani, of Philadelphia and Franklin, Richard Sloan, Baldwin market, Belk's Department store. Frank lin 5 and 10c store, W. A. Hays, Reld Womack, W. W. Sloan, L. C. HAiderson, Roy C. Cunning' ham, E. J. Carpenter, Western Auto Associate atore, Wood row Reeves, Quality shop, Macon Dry cleaners, Wood's Tourist court. Downs Grocery and Feed com pany, Lee Poindexter, Brown and Carson, Prelo Dryman, Mrs. W. W. Sloan, Martin Electric company, Burrell Motor com pany, and The Franklin Press. BONDS SIGNED, EXPECT CHECK Baldwin And Shope Sign In Raleigh; $514,000 Due Here Monday A check tor $514,000 ? pro ceeds of Macon County's school bonds ? is expected here Mon day. W. E. (Gene) Baldwin, chair man of the board of county commissioners, find Lake V. Shope, register af deeds and clerk ex-offlcio to the commis sioners, signed the 514 thou sand^doliar bonds in the offices of the N C Local Government commission in Raleigh Monday and placed the official seal of Macon County on each. The signing required about two and a half hours. One of the executed bonds was sent to New York by the Local Government commission for final approval by the bond attorneys. Upon its formal ap prova', $514,000 will be exchang ed for the bonds, and a state check for that amount will be forwarded to Macon County. The local officials were told that the check should reach them Monday. . Under state law, ^jonds of North Carolina counties and municipalities must be sold by the Local Government commis sion. Mr. Baldwin and Mr. Shope, who took the printed bonds to Raleigh Sunday for formal ex ecution, returned to Franklin Monday night. MASON FAMILY TO MEET The annual Mason family re union will be held Sunday at the home of Mr. .and Mrs. Lee Mason, in the Iotla community. NEW MAP OUT The State highway commis sion is distributing first copies of its free 1951 five-color tour ist map of North Carolina. Franklin SOFTBALL LEAGUE Results Friday Night, July 28 All games rained out. Monday Night, July 31 Van Raalte, 9; Lions, 7. Zlckgraf, 10; NP&LCo, 1. Teams' Standing Team W L Pet. Forest Service 7 3 .700 I Zlckgraf 7 4 .636 | Van Raalte 8 5 .615 Rotary 5 5 .500 NP&LCo 3 8 .272 Lions 3 8 .272 Coming Games Friday (tomorrow) night ? 7}30, Rotary vs. Van Raalte; second game, at 9, Lions vs. Zlckgraf. Monday night, August 7?7:30, Forest Service vs. Rotary; sec ond game, at 9, NP&LCo vs. Lions. Road Marker Put At Site Of *Cowee', Cherokee*' Town A new historical marker has been erected by the State Highway commission on the Bryson City highway, show ing the location of Cowee, the chief town of the Middle Cherokees. The marker reads: "The council house of Cowee, chief town of the Middle Chero kees, stood on the mound 100 yarfe weat of town destroyed during the Revolution." Russell Gets 3-Week Detail In Far West Paul H. Russell, assistant su pervisor of the Nantahala Na tional Forest, has been given a six-week assignment that will take him to the national for ests of the Pacific Northwest, and to the U. S. forest labora tory at Madison, Wise. Approximately 30 foresters from foreign countries are in this country to study American forest practices, and Mr. Rus sell Is one of three foresters as signed to serve as guides and hosts to the visiting officials. The other two are the assistant supervisors of the South Caro lina and the Chattahoochee Na tional Forests. The group of some 30 foreign foresters will be broken up into three parties, under the plan. Mr. Russell left yesterday for Washington, D. C., to join his group. One- Week Revival To Be Sponsored By Baptist Youth A one-week youth revival, sponsored by the young people of the First Baptist church, will begin at the church Sunday, August 13. Services will begin each evening during the week at 8 o'clock. The theme of the meeting is "What you are to be, you are now becoming." The Rev. M. W. Chapman, pastor of the church, will do the preaching. Personal testimonies and special music will be offered each eve ning by young people of the church. Though the meeting is to be primarily for young people, adults are invited. Presbyterians To Hold Congregational Picnic The annual congregational picnic of the Presbyterian church will be held Sunday fol lowing the morning service, the 1 Rev. Hoyt Evans has announc ed. The affair will be held at Coweeta Experimental Station. CHEROKEE, July 25? Begin ning Tuesday, August 8, the Cherokee Indian drama, "Unto These Hills", will plsy six nights each week, Tuesdays through Sundays, Instead of five nights I las previously announced. i CONTRACT WILL BE LET ON NEW POWER PROJECT Nantahala Firm Readies Plans For Jackson Development The Nantahala Power and Light company expects to let the contract for construction of the dam at its $1,224,248 Cedar Cliff hydro-electric project hi Jackson County within the next 30 days, it was learned this week from President John M. Archer, Jr. The project has been approv ed by both the Federal Power commission and the N. C. Util ities commission and detailed plans and specification are now being completed, preparatory to asking tor bi3s The dam will be approximate ly 172 feet high and 580 fee* long at its crest, and will create a lake covering 117 acres, Mr. Archer said. The water impounded will be carried from the dam to tb? powerhouse by tunnel. Since the dam. is to be con structed under contract, and since the Nantahala company will bore the tunnel and build the power house with its pres ent employes, *the company is employing no one for the con struction project, Mr. Archer said. It Is not yet known, of course, who the contractor will be, he aedded. The dam, to be built across the east fork of the Tucka segee river, about a mile and a half above the confluence of the east and west forks of that river, will be situated near th>? village of Tuekasegee, about 10 miles south of Cullowhee. It will be of rock-fill construction. The generator will have a capacity of 7,500 k. v. a., Mr. Archer said. This Is about one seventh of the capacity of thf generator at the Nantahala project. It is expected to require from 12 to 15 months to put the new project In operation. To carry the water from the lake to the power house below, a tunnel 14 feet wide, 15 feet high, and 1,115 feet long is to be cut through the mountain. The power house, to be con structed by the Nantahala firm with its own personnel, will be a reinforced concrete structure, 38 by 29.5 feet. When the Cedar Cliff project is completed, the Nantahala firm will have eight power-pro ducing plants In operation. They are the Nantahala and Queen's Creek project in Macon County, the Glenville, Tuekase gee and Cedar Cliff projects in Jackson, the small plants at Franklin and Bryson City, and the Mission project near An drews. Troupe To Conduct Revival Services For Presbyterians Dr. John P. Troupe, pastor of the Emanuel Presbyterian church in Philadelphia, Pa., will conduct revival services at the PranUln Presbyterian church each night, August 6-13, at 8 o'clock. Dr. Troupe has held pastor ates in St. Louis, Miss., and Pittsburgh. Pa., and Is widely known as a preacher. He Is the father of Mrs. Hoyt Evans, wife of the Rev. Hoyt Evans, pastor of the Franklin Presbyterian church. Mr. Evans announced that Uttf Stmday morning and evcntag servfces will be held at the reg ular hours of 11 a. m. and fc p. m., but that there will be no Saturday night service Aug ust 12. The Weather Temperature* and precipitation for tfee paat seven daya. and the low rc taper a tar* yesterday, as recorded at the Coweeta Ex periment station. High Low Pet. Wednesday 80 59 .41 Thursday - 82 83 .84 Friday 89 55 .57 Saturday 83 58 03 Sunday 83 55 .00 Monday 81 55 .80 Tuesday 88 80 .03 Wednesday 88 .00 FmUa (A* recorded to Uamoa SHta (? TV A) Wednesday, 1.12 of an Inch; Thursday, 1.06, Friday, .IS; Sat urday, .05; Sunday, none; Mon day, none, Tuesday, .11; Wed nesday, none.
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